Ansel’s view (more or less)
Hernandez, New Mexico:if you’ve heard of it all, it’s likely to be from the title of Ansel Adams’s famous photograph “Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico.” He made that photo in early November 1941, and since then the trees have gotten taller and there are more buildings and (I assume) 78 years of more crosses in the cemetery.
But this is the place. This is nearly his view – he was further back and higher up, along the road. But from there, you can’t even see the church at all any more.
“This is sort of a Holy Grail deal for you, isn’t it?” said the Patient Spouse as I nodded, wordlessly.
Hernandez, New Mexico
photographed 9.1.2019
PS: Also, yes, Adams’s photo has its own Wikipedia page. So there’s that.
PPS: The church had a flat roof in 1941; a carved wooden sign at the front door noting a renovation in the 1960s leads us to believe the current gable roof was added then.
Posted on September 11, 2019, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, ansel adams, black and white photography, cemetery, church, hernandez, hernandez new mexico, learning to see, Leica, melinda green harvey, monochrome, Moonrise Hernandez New Mexico, new mexico, one day one image, photo a day, photography, postaday, road trip, take time to look, thoughtful seeing, travel photography. Bookmark the permalink. 10 Comments.
Very cool!
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Thanks, David. I’d been wanting to try to find that church for a while.
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I know that feeling. It’s what I got when I took a selfie in Frida Kahlo’s mirror in her studio with her brushes and paints and easel right there as she left them.
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That’s a way better Holy Grail moment than the one I had!
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I dunno, Ansel Adams is a big deal.
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Yeah, sort of, I guess…
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Should be a National Monument.
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The Patient Spouse and I agree – we think at the minimum there ought to be an historical marker on the highway.
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Shows the importance of location,location,location . And a few decades .
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Indeed.
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